NSPCC warns YouTubers over fan relationships

"Blurred boundaries" between prominent YouTube stars and their viewers can put young people at risk, a leading children's charity has warned.Emily Cherry, of the NSPCC, said YouTubers had a "responsibility" to make sure relationships with young fans were appropriate.Claims of inappropriate behaviour have been made against ...

.... But the deal must clear Ofcom, the British regulatory authority over broadcasting. The endemic allegations of sexual misconduct inside of Fox may, justifiably, have caused Ofcom to think twice about approving the deal and giving the Murdochs greater global reach over the news. ...

. The government should immediately suspend any consideration of a federal loan to Adani or an any associated entity, environmental groups have said in response to the Guardian’s reporting on Wednesday about fraud allegations faced by Adani in India. ...

....The organisation, which worked with Uber to give drivers access to illness and injury cover this year, said the changes would “help reduce the inherent risks of self-employment without damaging the flexibility that so many drivers cite as their primary reason for working in this fashion”. As well as the saga over the status of drivers, Uber’s public image has been tarnished by a series of allegations about the behaviour of drivers and executives alike. ...

....The company’s shares rose sharply on the news of Cats’s exit, before falling back, but they still closed up nearly 6% at 131p. The shares had been changing hands at more than 250p before a profit warning and the revelation of the identity allegations last week. ...

. Bell Pottinger, the public relations company founded by Margaret Thatcher’s spin doctor Lord Bell, will on Friday be hauled before the public relations and communications association (PRCA) disciplinary committee over allegations it ran a secret campaign to stir up racial tension in South Africa on behalf of billionaire clients. ...

....The actor Danny Glover and Senator Bernie Sanders are preparing to lobby the French government for help in the heated attempt to unionize a Nissan car plant in Mississippi. The United Auto Workers suffered a historic defeat of the Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi, this month after a long campaign marred by allegations of bribery and intimidation. ...

.... It demands redress for the alleged “fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and breaches of contractual obligations” perpetrated by Kalanick. The former CEO has hit back at the lawsuit, saying through a spokesperson that the case against him was “completely without merit and riddled with lies and false allegations”. ...

....Should that go ahead, cabin crew will have been on strike for the whole of July and August, the union said, accusing BA of making a “half-hearted offer” in its attempt to alleviate the situation. Unite also said it was pursuing legal action over allegations that BA has imposed sanctions on striking staff. ...

....Grunberg also said the purchase of the weapons was done properly and at the direction of the US-led command overseeing the training and equipping of the Afghan security forces. Asked to respond to the allegations by the Guardian, Grunberg said it would be “inappropriate for us to comment on an ongoing matter”. ...

....Rupert Murdoch’s proposed takeover of Sky has met with further delays after the government asked the media regulator to conduct further analysis of the mogul and his company’s adherence to broadcasting standards. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport made the intervention after the government and Ofcom faced calls to deepen their investigation into the Murdoch family’s suitability to buy Sky because of allegations that Fox News had colluded with the White House on a story that contained fabricated quotes. ...

....It has also resurfaced memories of the phone-hacking of missing schoolgirl Milly Dowler by the News of the World, Murdoch’s UK tabloid flagship that was closed in the wake of the scandal. The allegations are toxic at a time when 21st Century Fox is awaiting the British government’s decision on its £11. ...

.... RBS is cooperating with the investigation,” the bank said, without providing further details. There was a separate disclosure about a previously announced investigation into allegations that Britain’s banks processed vast amounts of tainted money from Russian criminals. ...

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....Nissan has denied all the charges including the most recent one issued by the NLRB and plans to appeal them. “Today, the UAW has launched another set of baseless allegations against Nissan Canton,” wrote the Nissan spokesperson Parul Baraj in a statement. ...

....Allegations that British American Tobacco was involved in bribery and corruption in Africa are being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office, despite the cigarette company’s attempts to downplay the significance of a whistleblower who handed over a dossier of evidence. BAT, now the largest tobacco company in the world after the recent merger with Reynolds, has consistently denied the allegations of Paul Hopkins, whom it employed in Africa for 13 years. ...